Crime & Safety
Fire Near Bywater Historic District Damages Home, Sheds: Watch
Firefighters battled a house fire in the Bywater section of New Orleans. A video of the blaze was recorded and posted on Twitter.
NEW ORLEANS, LA — Heavy flames damaged a home in the Bywater section of New Orleans and a video of the blaze was posted on Twitter.
New Orleans Advocate reported the New Orleans Fire Department said the two-alarm blaze at Royal and St. Ferdinand streets late Sunday also damaged storage sheds. Firefighters responded just before 9:30 p.m.
User @iamJamesPhelps posted on Twitter:
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@theadvocateno house on fire currently at Royal st and St Ferdinand in the marigny. #BreakingNews #nola pic.twitter.com/QmYQcy67Qo
— James C. Phelps V (@iamJamesPhelps) July 10, 2017
The intersection is near the Marigny Opera House and the Bywater Historic District. (For more local news, click here to sign up for real-time news alerts. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)
House caught fire tonight. Crazy night. #marigny #nola pic.twitter.com/fOaodppqKU
— James C. Phelps V (@iamJamesPhelps) July 10, 2017
A shed behind a duplex on the 700 block of St. Ferdinand Street was fully engulfed in flames, fire department spokesman Louis Carrier said in a release. Firefighters aggressively attacked the fire, but it spread to adjacent storage sheds, he said. The rear of the home was also damaged.
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The blaze was under control at 10:04 p.m. No injuries were reported.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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